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Robert Jackson Robert Jackson, a law professor at New York University, and Hester Peirce, a senior research fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, have been sworn in as commissioners...

NASA has performed the first fully autonomous X-ray navigation in space, which could help future robotic spacecraft to travel to deep space locations. The space agency said Thursday a team of...

Timothy Timura Timothy Timura, a faculty member at American University's Kogod School of Business, has joined the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Economic and Risk Analysis as deputy director and deputy...

NASA is slated to launch four rockets from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska between Jan. 15 to 30 to study space x-ray emissions and the formation of Polar Mesospheric Clouds. The space...

The U.S. Coast Guard will use an ice tank facility of Canada's National Research Council to test models of the agency's future polar icebreakers. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday...

Kathryn Marchesini The Department of Health and Human Services has appointed Kathryn Marchesini, former senior health information technology and privacy adviser at HHS' Office for Civil Rights, as chief privacy officer...

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Mark Warner (D-Virginia) have introduced a bill that would penalize credit reporting agencies in the event of a security breach that affects consumer data. The Data Breach...

Darrell Issa Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California) announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2018 after nearly two decades in Congress, Nextgov reported Wednesday. His 18-career in the lower...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at providing better access to broadband internet services in rural locations across the U.S. The White House said Monday the "Streamlining...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will provide transitioning service members and veterans with access to mental health care services up to a year after they have...